Gmail Chat

I'm having trouble logging in to my Gmail Chat account using Pidgin.
However, I am still able to connect to AIM, Yahoo, and even Facebook.
On the modify account page for Gmail/XMPP, there is a field for "Resource."
What is that for? Is it important?
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